makes them crave acceptance. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible one of the key characters suffers from this desire to feel needed. Abigail Williams is a young girl of Salem who desires the attention of a man named John Proctor. In the beginning of Act II the reader finds out that John Proctor has already committed adultery with Abigail‚ which is what has caused Abigail to desire his attention even more than ever before. Before Proctor enters
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The Ultimate Schemer One of the main characters of the play The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ is the most spiteful and least complex character throughout the entire play. She is the villain of the play‚ even more than Parris or Danforth. She is on the lower end of the social hierarchy; the only people below her were slaves like Tituba. Abigail Williams possess wicked character traits that give her a negative perception. She is a jezebel figure who lacks feelings‚ an immoral character who lacks
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people was mainly caused by a young girl. Abigail Williams was responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ 1962. She would be responsible for the imprisonment and execution of innocent people. She did various things that were wrong and affected the lives of so many people. She not only lied on so many persons but she also threatened people to go along with her play. To begin with in the play “ The Crucible ” it states that Abigail Williams lied to the towns peoples and said Tituba
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Abigail Williams‚ born July 12‚ 1680‚ was one of the initial accusers in the Salem witch trials of 1692‚ which led to the arrest and imprisonment of over 150 innocent people. Growing up she lived with her uncle Rev. Samuel Parris‚ and it is unknown who her parents were or how she was directly related to the Rev. of Salem. It is portrayed that Abigail was a dark haired‚ lovely looking lady‚ which often led her to trouble with older men. She was also a kind girl‚ whose personality was often mistaken
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Doesn’t just about everyone have that one friend who is just straight up mean and lies all the time. Take that person and multiply their personality by ten and they will still be nowhere close to being as evil as Abigail Williams. She is the utmost stuck up self-centered person in the story. She has no respect for anybody seeing as to how she believes they are rodents compared to her. Throughout the story‚ she hurts many people and ruins many more people’s lives. Abigail’s personality can be described
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The Crucible: The Evilness and Selfishness of Abigail Williams In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ there is one character who‚ because of her selfish and evil ways‚ causes the destruction of many people in the town of Salem. This character is Abigail Williams. In the play‚ jealousy‚ and self- interest are the two characteristics that are seen constantly throughout the play. These characteristics pertain particularly to Abigail‚ and give a graphic description of her life‚ and how she deals
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believe in hard work and prayer‚ therefore they consider material and sexual desires unnatural and evil. Abigail Williams‚ the main character is the reason for the witch trials that begin in Salem. She is dishonest‚ manipulative and her seductive ways is what makes her the antagonist of this play. Abigail Williams is a strikingly beautiful 17 year old orphan who lives with her uncle William Parris and her little cousin Betty Parris. When she was eleven
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Abigail Williams‚ a teenage girl who started the whole scare about witches in Salem‚ blamed everyone else for her witchcraft practices and ultimately caused many of her village members to be wrongly executed. She took advantage of the judges trust to frame people for her actions. Abigail Williams was once caught performing a ritual dance in the forest‚ and to save herself she blamed her so called friends. Abigail began doing witchcraft to fight for John Proctor’s love‚ and she wanted to get rid of
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during the Salem Witch Trials. In the first act of the drama we are introduced to the character of Abigail Williams‚ who at first is seemingly innocent‚ however‚ we later discover that that is not the case. Abigail can be considered evil or immoral due to countless actions that are found throughout the drama. Though she does commit various atrocious acts we can’t help but feel sympathy for Abigail‚ because she is still at a young age and is very naive. Throughout The Crucible‚ we see many instances
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Abigail Williams Abigail Williams ruined the lives of many people. She was a troublemaker and throughout the story she causes much commotion in the town of Salem by accusing many innocent people of witchcraft. She was very self-centered and didn’t even consider the problems of the people she implicated. Abigail Williams was an ignominious teenager that used personal vengeance to fulfill her sense of entitlement. Abby was a bitter adolescent that turned on many people to get what she wanted. She
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